Fatal storms swept across the U.S., leaving behind damaged homes and devastation for residents in the affected states to clean up.
After a week when states across the South were bombarded with severe storms and tornadoes, more than three million people, from Texas to Illinois, faced the risk of powerful storms and the possibility of tornadoes on Friday.
Storms on Friday left eight people dead, including a 9-year-old boy who was swept away by floodwaters in Kentucky while walking to the school bus, according to police.
The deaths were reported in Tennessee, Indiana, Missouri and Kentucky.
The National Weather Service issued flash flood warnings extended to Sunday morning in Arkansas, Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois and Louisiana.
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Doug Brown works on clearing several trees that fell during a storm at Rivergate Mall in Goodlettsville , Tenn., Saturday, April 5, 2025.
Cars get stuck during a flash flood due to a thunderstorm producing heavy rain on Saturday, April 5, 2025 on Lamar Avenue in Memphis, Tenn.
Water covers the road at the intersection of State Roads 62 and 109 in Dawson Springs on Saturday, April 5, 2025, as waves of rain have inundated Western Kentucky.
Owen County Search and Rescue head out in flood waters to rescue two people with two dogs about 10 miles away Sunday morning after the Kentucky River has breached its banks in Monterey, Kentucky. April 6, 2025.
A truck driver makes his way though a parking lot that got flooded in Benton, Kentucky as the Clarks River crested at record levels Sunday. April 6, 2025
Main Street got flooded in Benton, Kentucky as the Clarks River crested at record levels Sunday. April 6, 2025
Main Street got flooded in Benton, Kentucky as the Clarks River crested at record levels Sunday. April 6, 2025
A basketball court was submerged by rising flood waters from the Licking River in Falmouth, Ky. on Apr. 5, 2025. Residents were under an mandatory evacuation order ahead of expected flooding.
Cars get stuck during a flash flood due to a thunderstorm producing heavy rain on Saturday, April 5, 2025 on Lamar Avenue in Memphis, Tenn.
Hayes Station Rd. was covered by flood waters rising from the Licking River in Falmouth, Ky. on Apr. 5, 2025. Residents were under an mandatory evacuation order ahead of expected flooding.
The Scioto River reachers a home along Riverside Dr. just south of the Columbus Zoo Sunday, April 6, 2025.
The Fall Creek floods the greenway after days of heavy rain and storms on Saturday, April, 5, 2025, in Indianapolis.
Contributing: Christopher Cann, Doyle Rice, Michael Loria; USA TODAY
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